Scalaria means “ladder” in Latin, and when you drop those stitches it looks like a bunch of ladder rungs.

I admit the idea of finishing the hat and then going back and pulling out so many stitches was scary. Honestly, dropped stitches were the one and only thing that kept me from loving knitting for ages. I was terrified of them, and now I am asking you (me) to intentionally drop them! Are you ready?